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Character Artist – Large AAA Racing Franchise – UK

Location: Leamington Spa,UK |Salary: Negotiable

Job ID: #28699 -Posted: 10 months ago

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OPM’s very established client are seeking a Character Artist who will be responsible for creating a diverse variety of characters needed to realise the vision for an entirely new AAA open-world action / RPG project.

As Character Artist you’ll also have experience in the technical aspects of your craft, including materials, asset optimisation and the creation of meshes with clean and functional topology, as well as being comfortable communicating with technical departments. You’ll, of course, be familiar with industry standard software packages such as 3DSMax or Maya, as well as having extensive experience with Mudbox or ZBrush. Your knowledge of human anatomy will be well developed, and you’ll have a good level of understanding on best practices to suit animation and engine requirements.

Skills Summary:

Extensive experience of working on published AAA titles on current-gen consoles with at least a AAA title released

A strong understanding of technical considerations for character creation

Strong knowledge of the latest version of Zbrush or Mudbox

Good understanding of current generation production workflows in relation to character art production

Strong understanding of human anatomy and its proportions

Strong understanding of creating meshes with very clean topology for deformation

Able to communicate with technical team members

A strong portfolio demonstrating your in-game character artwork to very high standards

A self-motivated team player, with good communication skills

Good understanding of clothes creation software such as Marvellous Designer

Good knowledge of textures creation packages such as substance Designer and Substance Painter